Published in Analytical Articles

By Blanka Hancilova (7/16/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)

BACKGROUND: The latest opinion poll conducted by the International Republican Institute (IRI) in April suggests that if elections were held “tomorrow”, the pro-presidential “Alliance for New Georgia” led by Shevardnadze (officially formed as an election bloc in March 2003 by Shevardnadze’s Citizens’ Union of Georgia, the rather weak Socialist and National Democratic parties, along with some influential, but discredited governors and the Greens), would barely clear the 7% threshold necessary to gain seats in the parliament. While the opposition is still fragmented, on the whole it enjoys considerable popular support. In the June 2002 local elections, the Labor Party and the National Movement Party, two populist parties running under the slogan of “Tbilisi without Shevardnadze” emerged on top of the race in the capital Tbilisi, clearly showing the increasing power of the protest vote.
Published in Analytical Articles

By Hooman Peimani (7/16/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)

BACKGROUND: Turkmen-Azerbaijani peaceful and tension-free relations began to experience difficulties late in the first half of the 1990s when both countries started their exploration of the Caspian Sea for offshore oilfields. In the absence of a legal regime for the division of the world\'s largest lake, the two Caspian littoral states found themselves in conflicting situation regarding the ownership of certain oilfields to which both countries had claims. In particular, the ownership of Azeri, Chirag, and Guneshli, as well as the Serdar (according to the Turkmens) or Kyapaz (according to the Azerbaijanis), has been a source of tension between the two Caspian neighbours since the mid-1990s.
Wednesday, 16 July 2003

THE KAZAKH MILITARY LOOKS WEST

Published in Analytical Articles

By Roger N. McDermott (7/16/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)

BACKGROUND: During his meetings with Lord Robertson, President Nazarbayev made a number of suggestions concerning new initiatives with NATO, which may include greater military technical cooperation, exercises, training and offering Kazakh humanitarian aid to Iraq and constructing warehouses within Kazakhstan for humanitarian supplies for both Afghanistan and Iraq. Kazakhstan has been an active member of NATOs Partnership for Peace (PfP) since joining in 1994, and has sought to capitalize on its closer transatlantic links. In the aftermath of 9/11, as U.
Published in Analytical Articles

By Ariel Cohen (7/2/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)

BACKGROUND: The Iraq war has raised concerns regarding the political environment and profitability of Caspian oil, with some arguing that it fundamentally changes the situation there. Fear are that large multinational companies will shift resources for Iraqi exploration, thus slowing down Caspian development and transit projects, and delaying the flow of the Caspian oil to the international markets. Question that arise are what role the U.

Visit also

silkroad

AFPC

isdp

turkeyanalyst

Staff Publications

Screen Shot 2023-05-08 at 10.32.15 AMSilk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, U.S. Policy in Central Asia through Central Asian Eyes, May 2023.


Analysis Svante E. Cornell, "Promise and Peril in the Caucasus," AFPC Insights, March 30, 2023.

Oped S. Frederick Starr, Putin's War In Ukraine and the Crimean War), 19fourtyfive, January 2, 2023

Oped S. Frederick Starr, Russia Needs Its Own Charles de Gaulle,  Foreign Policy, July 21, 2022.

2206-StarrSilk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, Rethinking Greater Central Asia: American and Western Stakes in the Region and How to Advance Them, June 2022 

Oped Svante E. Cornell & Albert Barro, With referendum, Kazakh President pushes for reforms, Euractiv, June 3, 2022.

Oped Svante E. Cornell Russia's Southern Neighbors Take a Stand, The Hill, May 6, 2022.

Silk Road Paper Johan Engvall, Between Bandits and Bureaucrats: 30 Years of Parliamentary Development in Kyrgyzstan, January 2022.  

Oped Svante E. Cornell, No, The War in Ukraine is not about NATO, The Hill, March 9, 2022.

Analysis Svante E. Cornell, Kazakhstan’s Crisis Calls for a Central Asia Policy Reboot, The National Interest, January 34, 2022.

StronguniquecoverBook S. Frederick Starr and Svante E. Cornell, Strong and Unique: Three Decades of U.S.-Kazakhstan Partnership, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, December 2021.  

Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell, S. Frederick Starr & Albert Barro, Political and Economic Reforms in Kazakhstan Under President Tokayev, November 2021.

The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.

Newsletter

Sign up for upcoming events, latest news and articles from the CACI Analyst

Newsletter